FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: DOOR SLAMMERS AT SANTA POD IS TAKING OVER THE ENGLISH DRAG RACING SCENE THIS WEEKEND!

Here is your livestream from the 2026 Santa Pod Door Slammers race! If you want to enjoy three days of great drag racing from England, then this is the livestream for you today. With a huge variety...

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LIVE DRAG RACING: 9th Annual Great American Bracket Race – Dream Team – Saturday

Well, there are a lot of big money bracket races going on in 2026, but only one Great American Bracket Race, and only one with a Dream Team race where it isn’t just up to you, but rather your whole...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 4 At The Texas Motorplex – Saturday

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 4! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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FREE BRACKET RACE LIVESTREAM At The AUTOLAND DOOR CAR CHALLENGE – Saturday $50,000

The Autoland Door Car Challenge is on this weekend at Tri-State Raceway in Iowa and we dig it. We’re door car drag racers around here, although I have driven a few dragsters in my day as well. But...

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Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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How Much Horsepower Does An Engine Driven Cooling Fan Really Take From Your Engine?

We tested alternators, engine driven fans, and other accessories on the dyno years ago and I can tell you that most of the accessories on the front of your engine take very little power to turn under...

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Here’s What Happened When Some Rocket Geniuses Unleashed An Open Nitrous Bottle On A Cobalt SS

(Words by Bryan McTaggart) – The Chevy Cobalt is currently underneath some scrutiny lately, with dangerous ignition cylinders and all that. And apparently a group of racers have decided that...

Video: Frankie Taylor Goes 3.48/216 At Rockingham – Traction Control On Board – Good or Bad?

Of all the huge runs made at the first ever PDRA race at Rockingham Dragway last weekend, the one that the internet has really been freaking out about is Frankie “The Mad Man”...

2014 COPO Camaros Spotted Testing At zMax Dragway

(Photo credit: TheBlock.com) – Here’s the first look the world has had of the 2014 COPO Camaro attacking a drag strip in anger. Recently, GM snuck a couple of the factory drag machines...

Funny Video: Proof That There Really Are a Million Ways to Lose a Drag Race

Of all the ways we have lost races ourselves and seen other people lose races, this is a new one on us. The driver of this well worn looking Buick appears to be competing at some sort of grudge type...

The Legendary Turbo Sleeper Maverick Is For Sale! This Round Mound Of Brown Rules

An infamous sleeper masquerading as a well used, brownish Ford Maverick that’s actually packing a turbo big block is for sale and someone here should buy it. The car that has been featured on...

This 1958 Ford Was Built Into A Junior Stock Drag Car In The 1960s And Now It Is For Sale – Time Capsule

There’s nothing better than seeing a car that was modified back in the day and then never really touched or messed with again after. That’s pretty near the car of thie 1958 Ford which was...

IHRA San Antonio 2014 – More Nitro Soaked Photos From The Drags!

(Photos by Bob Snyder) – We have to thank Bob Snyder for this latest batch of photos from the 2014 IHRA Nitro Jam at San Antonio Raceway in Texas. Although it has been a few years since...

Accelaquarter Raceway In Ilinois Is Currently Underwater – Drag Boats To The Lanes?

Accelaquarter Raceway, an eighth mile strip in Illinois which was completely revamped in 2013 is currently underwater as shown in the photos below. The images were taken by track staff and posted to...

Race Report: NMCA West Action Thunders The Revived Auto Club Dragway In Fontana, California!

(Words and photos by Darr Hawthorne) -The first big event of the new drag racing season, the 3rd annual NMCA West Street Car Nationals took place at SoCal’s newly re-finished Auto Club Dragway....

The Most Original, Factory Documented, Lightweight 1962 SS 409 Impala In The World Is Headed To Auction

There are certain cars in the world that we sincerely wish could speak because if they could, the stories would be completely amazing. The car you see below is one of those cars. This one of a...

JR Todd Named Driver Of Optima Batteries Top Fuel Dragster For Remainder Of NHRA Season

(Photo credit: Kalitta Motorsports) – It was announced today by Kalitta Motorsports that 32-year old JR Todd will become the full time driver of the Optima Batteries top fuel dragster for the...

IHRA SAN ANTONIO NITRO JAM – RACE COVERAGE FROM A WILD WEEKEND IN TEXAS

(Words and Photos by Brad Klaassen) – As many of you hard core Bangshifters already know, the IHRA revamped their racing program for the 2014 racing season with their new Nitro Jam Pro Touring...

This Kind Of Ratty Looking 1973 Dart Is A Mopar Sleeper Supreme – RacingJunk Find

We like the fact that the photos of this car were taken at night and they aren’t all that super fantastic because it totally adds to the mystique of what would be a super bitchin’ sleeper...

We Tour Trick Flow Specialties To See How Their Products Are Made – Gearhead Nirvana

(Photos by Nutting/Fitzgerald) – This was a visit that was long overdue, Trick Flow’s Manager Mike Downs almost choked me out at SEMA when I told him that I had driven virtually right...